[Joe Budden - Verse 1]Something must've changed me, n-ggas might defame meBut things that used to taint me, no longer seem to restrain meStrangely I'm no longer sad man or angryShame-ably it pains me, feeling like this just ain't meMainly what do I tell all the people that thanked meMainly those who ordain me, aside from can you blame meMotivation they was supplying me no longer providing meJason Williams something killed whatever was driving meWorrying less about the past more about the nowLess about what I'm going though more about the howIt's for certain it's been 30 years being fit for hurtingNow I'm a different person with nohing to overcome in the mist of burdensFor certain, got 6 figures in my sock drawerAnd honestly this year I expect to make a lot moreIt's hard to live without a budget when life is corruptedIn a house that's so peaceful that I'm trying to disrupt itScream fuck it not because I have to but because I love itWhich makes me as fake as the puppets that I speak of disgustedWithout a paddle up sh-t's creekDig deep and see it ain't life it's just meSo be warned as I'm putting on like I'm deformedOnly so y'all can accept it as being my normMaybe I quit working on me, maybe I given upMaybe I been lying to myself maybe I give a f-ck.

[Chorus:]It's enough to make you black out, pull a mac outAim it at the sky while I'm running from a black cloudEvery day we playin cat and mouse as I watch it hoverin over my glass houseIt's enough to make you spazz out, pull a mac outAim it at the sky while I'm running from a black cloudTired enough for me to pass out, tired of running from the black cloud.

[Joe Budden - Verse 2]I say it loud hoping someone can hear me clearlyTrying to make my girl get it she don't know it's very scaryBut she's a nympho she can come barely near meShe still want the God and I don't think she's mary maryThe prettiest bitches they just want to service meWhile n-ggas prettiest bitches wouldn't get a word from meSome of you haven't heard from me some of you wouldn't mind murking meFound that news funny likes it's stright from Ron BurgundyThese n-ggas ain't never seen doughThey can't dream though I bump into 'em in between showsPeople say I'm emo what that really mean thoughIs though the song can't breathe I actually make it seem soI lost loved ones because they couldn't deal with meCherish whoever still with me though the marriage be killed in meNormally it's just me and my lonely mindEveryone storm is different so this forecast is only mineFans recognize my misery uplifted meShifted me to my epitome, guess the curse is a gift to meMaybe it's serendipity, maybe it's weighing on me physicallyMaybe I should man up and tell god not to solicit meBeen medicated, meditatedSedated, hatedCharacter assassinated, all theses years I masqueradedHard headed, if it was on my mind I had to say itTongue on the devil's pitchfork to see how disaster tastedRap is fabricated, rappers are so exaggeratedWouldn't be scared of the truth if they weren't castratedGrab a mag, spray it, surrounded by people to shoot it before meBetter unconditionally love my beautiful uglyNow lemme speak to who I cater toWould you love me to say(or sang?), before my weeks were not favorablePromised to maintain being unique but relatableAll while suffering from a disease that could do away with youPoetry on the beat, spoken-word for the massesTherapy over pro-tools, every word is on acidContinents on Kush, every vowel is bluntedHighly wanted this whole organization privately fundedThis is bigger than the Eiffle, this is alert to publicHad a cop us by our tunnels and our bridges with the rifleSentences meant to stifle, this is a man achingThis is the damn breaking, contraband in the makingThis is panic unveiling, got potential but I never met itHe be trying to come over, it seem like god won't let itEither he never got my invite or he jus dismissed itBut if all I'm hearing are the sounds of blackness, why am I pessimistic?You'll never progress if you'll never tryAll I ask, let every word I birth, never dieMy wings spread, but when I'm at the skyWeather didn't change like I thought and had me petrified.[Chorus:]